Let’s get better at #songwriting together by doing some exercises. Here’s the first thing to try.

Borrowing from Jeff Tweedy’s How to write One Song: Word Ladders. https://www.paytonhayes.com/blog/writing-exercises-from-jeff-tweedys-book-how-to-write-one-song (someone else’s blog, but it is a good description with Tweedy’s example and some more examples.) I’m focusing on the first exercise with noun and verb lists, for now.

#musician #guitarist

Writing Exercises from Jeff Tweedy's Book, How To Write One Song — Payton Hayes Writing & Editing Services

Jeff Tweedy's book "How to Write One Song" offers innovative exercises to unlock creativity in songwriting and poetry. One such exercise is the "Word Ladder," which involves selecting a specific profession (e.g., physician) and listing ten associated verbs, followed by ten nouns

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J-POPサビっぽい進行を、実際に手を動かしながら作ってみた動画です。色で流れが見えると迷いが減る感じ。https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/visual-chord-planner/id6760151335

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Hey y’all! It has been a few years since I have released any music. Today I am especially excited to share my New Single “Tent Revival Town”

OUT NOW https://sayheyrey.bandcamp.com/track/tent-revival-town

#Music #Bluegrass #FolkMusic #SingerSongwriter #Songwriting #LFG

Tent Revival Town, by Rey Garcia

track by Rey Garcia

Rey Garcia

Dissonance Continua

A Musical Compilation

Last week, I went through my folders of my thoughts, ideas, and lyric fragments for possible songs.

I made two collages of the notes and pieces of paper. Here is the second one:

#lyrics #Music #song #Songwriting

『次のコードどれにする?』を短時間で回す使い方。J-POP寄りの進行を組んでる30秒です。https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/visual-chord-planner/id6760151335

#作曲 #songwriting #DTM

サビのコード決めで止まりがちなときに、こんな感じで触ってます。試し弾き→調整→確定までを動画で。https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/visual-chord-planner/id6760151335

#作曲 #songwriting #DTM

J-POPサビっぽい進行を、実際に手を動かしながら作ってみた動画です。色で流れが見えると迷いが減る感じ。https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/visual-chord-planner/id6760151335

メンバー募集なら BandSync もどうぞ: https://bandsync.pages.dev

#作曲 #songwriting #DTM

『次のコードどれにする?』を短時間で回す使い方。J-POP寄りの進行を組んでる30秒です。https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/visual-chord-planner/id6760151335

#作曲 #songwriting #DTM

Open tunings changed how I think about guitar. Drop D is just the beginning - DADGAD opens up Celtic/folk sounds, Open G is pure blues/slide territory.

Anyone else go down the alternate tunings rabbit hole?

#guitar #music #songwriting #acoustic